Marble statue of a seated muse
Seated on a rock, with her head resting on her right hand, this muse was probably part of a group of statues showing a musical contest between the boastful satyr Marsyas and the god Apollo. The statue was part of the collection of antiquities acquired in Rome by the Marchese Vincenzo Giustiniani during the first third of the seventeenth century.
Artwork Details
- Title: Marble statue of a seated muse
- Period: Imperial
- Date: 1st or 2nd century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Marble, Pentelic
- Dimensions: H. as restored 66 in. (167.7 cm.)
- Classification: Stone Sculpture
- Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Frederick F. Thompson, 1903
- Object Number: 03.12.16
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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